点评:I have an obvious physical disability that limits my movement so enquired whether there was a concessionary price, but was told there wasn't so had to pay full price, despite the castle containing many stairs, many of which I was unable to climb. It is not just this property, but I have found the NT's attitude towards ED&I when it comes to disability to be reprehensible. How is there no concessionary price when there is a flight of steps just to enter the castle, and the accessible pathways correspond to just a few % of the total pathways? All other non-NT places I tend to visit offer fair prices for disabled people. It is a disgrace. The cafe was disappointing too - the menu was very limited and expensive for what you got. I had a ham sandwich which was overpriced and rather tasteless, although the cake I had was quite nice. I had wanted something hot but didn't fancy the few cooked items on the menu. I was able to access a small part of the castle, which wasn't as I remembered it (I've been visiting here over the course of many years) - there were fewer rooms to see with less in them I thought. The gardens (including Kitchen Garden) were also rather disappointing - they've never been the most extensive of gardens but there seemed to be a lack of plants and flowers or much interest at all in them. There is a nice covered seating area, but 3 steps to get in (given this is a comparitively recently build, why they couldn't make this area accessible is beyond me)! Overall, an extremely disappointing visit and it'll be a while before I think of returning. The friends I was with were visiting for the first time and were underwhelmed.
翻译:我明显有行动不便的身体残疾,所以询问是否有优惠票价,但被告知没有,因此我不得不支付全价。尽管城堡里有很多楼梯,其中很多我都爬不上去。这不仅仅是这家景点的问题,我发现国家名胜古迹信托(NT)在对待残疾人士的平等、包容和包容性(ED&I)问题上的态度令人愤慨。城堡入口处就有一段台阶,无障碍通道只占总通道数的几个百分点,怎么能没有优惠票价呢?我去过的其他非国家名胜古迹信托旗下的景点都为残疾人士提供公平的价格。这简直是耻辱。咖啡馆也令人失望——菜单选择非常有限,而且性价比不高。我点了一份火腿三明治,价格过高,味道也很一般,不过我点的蛋糕还不错。我本来想吃点热的,但菜单上为数不多的几道熟食都不太合我的口味。我得以参观城堡的一小部分,但感觉和我记忆中的不太一样(我过去很多年都来过这里)——房间少了,里面的东西也少了。花园(包括菜园)也相当令人失望——它们本来就不是很大,但现在似乎缺少植物和花卉,也没什么看头。那里有个不错的带顶棚的休息区,但进去要走三级台阶(考虑到这是个相对较新的建筑,我实在不明白为什么他们没能把这个区域设计成无障碍的)!总而言之,这次参观非常令人失望,我短期内都不会再来了。和我一起来的朋友们是第一次来,他们也觉得很失望。